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Germans protest sale of food from West Bank settlements
By Assaf Uni, Haarerz Correspondent
Tags: Osem, demonstration 

BERLIN - The opening of "Israel Week" at the Galeria Kaufhof department store in Berlin spurred a demonstration Saturday against Israeli food products originating in the territories.

Protesters held signs reading "No to settlement products" and "Stop the Israel-EU Association Agreement."

Groups protesting included The Jewish Voice, a Jewish-German organization opposed to the occupation, and Solidarity with Palestine, German teenagers affiliated with the radical left.
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A counter-group of pro-Israel radical leftists waved Israeli flags and ate Israeli food.

"We have to encourage the Germans to be more critical of the Israeli occupation," said Ruth Fructman, a Berlin journalist who was demonstrating.

"Right now it's still hard for them, especially because every time they criticize Israel, they're accused of anti-Semitism," she said.

Martin Vorberg, of the Middle Eastern Workgroup, said the demonstration was aimed at Osem Industries, which he said has a factory in the territories, and spices from Amnon and Tamar, a company located in Alfei Menashe.
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  1.   WHAT A RELIEF!! 02:17  |  Brant 19/08/07
  2.   Shame on Germany protests....... 02:28  |  Lynn 19/08/07
  3.   choosing the wrong horse to ride 02:51  |  Avrum 19/08/07
  4.   Fruchtman Has Been Confused For Years 03:03  |  Q.Isling 19/08/07
  5.   Here`s to the radicals who waved the Israeli flag! 03:07  |  sandra chitayat 19/08/07
  6.   Berlin protesters 03:28  |  Akiva Patysh 19/08/07
  7.   Boycott Israeli products 03:48  |  wibism 19/08/07
  8.   Q.Isling, please, post more! 03:54  |  Akiva Patysh 19/08/07
  9.   Products from Osem 04:32  |  Johnny Weintraub 19/08/07
  10.   It`s still anti-Semitism 04:33  |  Nechama 19/08/07
  11.   Demonstrators do thre Palestinians no good 04:38  |  Robert 19/08/07
  12.   wibism, none of my Jewish friends in the US... 04:40  |  Akiva Patysh 19/08/07
  13.   Q.Isling, Norway 04:46  |  Shual 19/08/07
  14.   Jewish-German organization joins rally 04:48  |  Victor 19/08/07
  15.   WHODA THUNK IT! !! 04:54  |  JON FEIGENABAUM 19/08/07
  16.   #7 Please read #2 05:16  |  Lynn 19/08/07
  17.   #2, LYNN, stop your scare mongering 05:26  |  VIPER 19/08/07
  18.   #10, nechama, please explain 05:30  |  VIPER 19/08/07
  19.   #14, VICTOR, there not all the same 05:33  |  VIPER 19/08/07
  20.   here we go again... 05:37  |  Serge 19/08/07
  21.   What kind of "JOURNALIST" is Fructman? 05:37  |  Robbins 19/08/07
  22.   TO Robert #11 05:44  |  Steve Beikirch 19/08/07
  23.   It is Anti-Semitisim No Matter What! 06:13  |  Darwish 19/08/07
  24.   Buy Israeli products, boycott Arabs, I do! 06:26  |  David 19/08/07
  25.   Anti semitism among Jews, is that a surprise 06:32  |  Jonathan 19/08/07
  26.   Haaretz, please let us know where to buy MADE in Israel products 06:33  |  David 19/08/07
  27.   Love Osem products, so do my friends and family. Frucky is nutsy. 06:49  |  Steve 19/08/07
  28.   Hey Viper keep Joshua son of Joseph out of this and off the site. 06:52  |  Jack 19/08/07
  29.   Serge 06:55  |  Shual 19/08/07
  30.   wibism 07:01  |  Connie 19/08/07
  31.   #23 Darwish 07:23  |  Joseph 19/08/07
  32.   psycho analysis 07:29  |  Udo 19/08/07
  33.   #23 Darwish 08:01  |  pam 19/08/07
  34.   The Germans of all people tell us how to conduct our life? But it 08:07  |  Dan 19/08/07
  35.   NEXT they will demand boycott of Islamofascists 08:57  |  PETER SM 19/08/07
  36.   Protest Idea 09:05  |  Slibovitz 19/08/07
  37.   Connie -- thanks for the tip! 09:23  |  Gina 19/08/07
  38.   10....in your mind .... 09:27  |  ravi 19/08/07
  39.   No 24 Support Israel but not the Settlements 09:36  |  Palestinian Brit 19/08/07
  40.   A misleading headline.A VERY small percent of Germans 09:37  |  PETER.SM 19/08/07
  41.   No34. Get the facts straight! 09:43  |  Palestinian Brit 19/08/07
  42.   If criticizing the evil occupation is anti-Semitic, then 09:50  |  German citizen 19/08/07
  43.   HOW ABOUT SOME GERMAN PROTESTS AT GAS STATIONS 10:05  |  paul harris 19/08/07
  44.   S.BEIKRICH.The Pal economy is failing because of their terror 10:08  |  PETER SM 19/08/07
  45.   Connie and Osem 10:10  |  Palestinian Brit 19/08/07
  46.   settlements products are illegal 10:18  |  cris 19/08/07
  47.   Anti-Semtism - when criticism crosses the line 10:28  |  Slibovitz 19/08/07
  48.   QUIZ - you`ll all enjoy this one 10:33  |  justiceseeker 19/08/07
  49.   what else is new? 10:41  |  anna 19/08/07
  50.   Why only boycot products from the illegal settlements? 10:44  |  Jens 19/08/07
  51.   Darwish - the use of cliche 10:51  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 19/08/07
  52.   Jonathan in Toronto 10:53  |  Marcos 19/08/07
  53.   Pal Brit 10:58  |  Jasmine Murphy 19/08/07
  54.   Another shamefull manifestaton of the Neo-Socialists of Europe. 11:06  |  Petra 19/08/07
  55.   You Israeli are perverted: Just keep telling everybody how much 11:15  |  Andreas 19/08/07
  56.   So Don`t Eat - *Shrug* 11:25  |  David 19/08/07
  57.   42German Citizen &38 Ravi, German Citizen,thanks for saying it 11:31  |  lakshmi 19/08/07
  58.   Gush Shalom boycott list - a must have! 11:49  |  Simon 19/08/07
  59.   It is EU policy ... 11:52  |  Axel 19/08/07
  60.   Disgusting boycotters 11:54  |  Bernd, Germany 19/08/07
  61.   No bigger indictment of Israel than this 11:59  |  Joe 19/08/07
  62.   Boycot all German products. 12:00  |  Avraham 19/08/07
  63.   Nothing radical-leftist about it 12:01  |  John 19/08/07
  64.   #46 cris set out how they are illegal 12:10  |  victor hardman 19/08/07
  65.   Typical German fuss. I hate this country. 12:21  |  christoph 19/08/07
  66.